The Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment of the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure (Chair David Rouzer, R-N.C.) will hold
a
hearing
titled “Stakeholder Perspectives on the Impacts of the Biden
Administration’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule” on Wednesday,
February 8, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. ET, in Room 2167 of the Rayburn House
Office Building.
Witnesses:
Garrett Hawkins, President, Missouri Farm Bureau
Alicia Huey, Chairman, National Association of Home Builders
Mark Williams, Environmental Manager, Luck Companies, On Behalf of
National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association
Susan Parker Bodine, Partner, Earth & Water Law
LLC
Dave Owen, Professor of Law and Faculty Director of Scholarly
Publications, UC College of the Law, San Francisco
On Wednesday, February 8, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., in Room 1324 Longworth
House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources will hold an
oversight
hearing
titled “Unleashing America’s Energy and Mineral Potential”.
The Energy Information Administration predicts a 50 percent increase in
global energy consumption by
2050, with
petroleum and other liquid fuels remaining the largest energy source,
and natural gas consumption increases expected as well.
Witnesses:
Panel I
Kathleen Sgamma, President, Western Energy Alliance, Denver, CO
Erik Milito, President, National Ocean Industries Association,
Washington, DC
JC Sandberg, Chief Advocacy Officer, American Clean Power, Washington,
DC
Dana Johnson, Senior Director of Strategy and Federal Policy,
WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Panel II
Brian Somers, President, Utah Mining Association, Salt Lake City, UT
Michael Holloman II, Commercial Director and Member of the Board, U.S.
Strategic Metals, St. Louis, MO
Matthew Adams, Vice President and Senior Tax Counsel, Navajo
Transitional Energy Company (NTEC), Broomfield, CO
Reno Franklin, Chairman, Kashia Band of Pomo Indians & Member,
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, Santa Rosa, CA
Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson, Chairman of the House Committee on
Agriculture, announced the Committee Organizational Meeting for the
118th Congress.
A
meeting
to consider organizational matters of the Committee on Agriculture for
the 118th Congress and the Oversight Plan for the Committee on
Agriculture for the 118th Congress.
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on
Commerce, Science and Transportation, will convene an Executive
Session on
Thursday, February 2, 2023, at 10 a.m. ET to consider the following:
Agenda:
Rules Governing the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and
Transportation
Budget Resolution for the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and
Transportation
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
The Committee on Natural Resources will hold its organizational
meeting
on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, at 10:15 a.m., in Room 1324 Longworth
House Office Building.
Representative Matt Rosendale (R-MT) offered an amendment designated
Rosendale
#1
to compel witnesses to stay until excused by the chair. The amendment
was agreed to by a roll call vote of 26 to
12.
Ranking Member Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) offered an amendment designated
Grijalva
#1
to require consultation with the ranking member on subpoenas. The
amendment was not agreed to by a roll call vote of 14 to
24.
Ranking Member Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) offered an amendment designated
Grijalva
#2
to allow remote witnesses from islands and tribes. The amendment was
not agreed to by a roll call vote of 13 to
25.
Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA) offered an amendment designated
Huffman
to ban the carrying of firearms in the committee rooms. The amendment
was not agreed to by a roll call vote of 14 to 25.
The Committee Rules for the 118th Congress, as amended, were adopted by
a roll call vote of 25 to
14.
Chairman Bruce Westerman offered the Staff Resolution for the 118th
Congress.
The Staff
Resolution
listing the committee staff was agreed to by unanimous consent.